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Prediction Made that High Temperature Ceramic Fuel Cells will become Mobile Power Generators

“Ceramic high-temperature fuel cells will soon be a mass market,” forecasts Professor Alexander Michaelis, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden. “The...

25 Jul 2006

New Way of Rendering Displays Makes Them More Attractive to the Eye

One way to wring greater brightness from every watt is by providing visual information in a form corresponding to the processing powers of the human eye and brain, a strategy that requires engineers to study and mimic bi...

25 Jul 2006

Discrete Magnetic Microfluidics

Critical advances in medicine and environmental protection promise to emerge from a new method for biochemical analysis of fluids developed by an international science team led in part by Arizona State University researc...

24 Jul 2006

Ames Laboratory Researchers use Metamaterials to Alter Light's Path

Physicist Costas Soukoulis and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on the Iowa State University campus are having the time of their lives making light travel backwards at negative sp...

24 Jul 2006

World's Most Valuable Patent Released as Freeware

What has been described as "The missing Tesla Patent" has been posted on the web site. The Fluxite patent has not been filed with any patent office. In general it describes a method and apparatus that wobbles a...

24 Jul 2006

Corus Opens New Rail Link at Teesside

Corus has officially opened a new rail link connecting its steelmaking facility at Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP) to the Steel Export Terminal at PD Ports at Teesport. The opening was attended by local stakeholders, ...

24 Jul 2006

American Superconductor Receives Government Wire Contract

American Superconductor Corporation has announced today it has received a $1.3 million contract extension for its second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD...

24 Jul 2006

Scientists Succeed in Cooling Solid Material with Laser

A team of researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have experimentally demonstrated something that other scientists have been trying to achieve for decades: the cooling of erbium-doped materials with...

24 Jul 2006

Arkansas Sues Computer Chip Manufacturers for Price Fixing

Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe has announced that Arkansas is one of 34 states suing some of the world’s largest manufacturers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. The lawsuit alleges that for at lea...

24 Jul 2006

New Rocket Propulsion Technology

A new rocket propulsion technology demonstration has marked an important milestone, achieving "mainstage" or constant full-power performance for the first time. Called the Integrated Powerhead Demonstration, or...

24 Jul 2006

SMS Demag Builds Iron and Steel Plant on the Persian Gulf

IMIDRO, the Iranian Mines and Mineral Industries and Renovation Organization has placed an order with an international consortium, in which SMS Demag, Germany, is participating, for the erection of a turnkey iron and ste...

24 Jul 2006

Siemens Acquires AG Kuhnle, Kopp and Kausch

Siemens Power Generation Group (PG) is acquiring 100 percent of shares in the joint stock company AG Kühnle, Kopp & Kausch. Headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany, this company develops, manufactures and markets ...

24 Jul 2006

Rexam Starts up Plastic Packaging Plant in Poland

Rexam has opened its first plastic packaging plant in Poland, where it already has two glass plants in Gostyn and Wyszkow. The new facility, located in Lodz (130 km west of Warsaw), is further evidence of the company&...

24 Jul 2006

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Neglected by Industry and Government

In a situation where the UK is crying out for reliable sources of energy that do not threaten the environment, one option, the hydrogen fuel cell has been relatively neglected through insufficient support from industry a...

24 Jul 2006

Chinese Scientists Develop Cheap and Environment-Friendly Cells

The research and development of electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices, including primary and secondary batteries, super-capacitors, fuel cells and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), are of significance fo...

24 Jul 2006

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

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Prediction Made that High Temperature Ceramic Fuel Cells will become Mobile Power Generators

New Way of Rendering Displays Makes Them More Attractive to the Eye

Discrete Magnetic Microfluidics

Ames Laboratory Researchers use Metamaterials to Alter Light's Path

World's Most Valuable Patent Released as Freeware

Corus Opens New Rail Link at Teesside

American Superconductor Receives Government Wire Contract

Scientists Succeed in Cooling Solid Material with Laser

Arkansas Sues Computer Chip Manufacturers for Price Fixing

New Rocket Propulsion Technology

SMS Demag Builds Iron and Steel Plant on the Persian Gulf

Siemens Acquires AG Kuhnle, Kopp and Kausch

Rexam Starts up Plastic Packaging Plant in Poland

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Neglected by Industry and Government

Chinese Scientists Develop Cheap and Environment-Friendly Cells

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

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A Platform Approach to Scientific Data Flow Management: Everything You Need to Know

Advancing Laboratory Collaboration - Connexus®

Discussing Market Expansion and Business Strategy with PerkinElmer

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